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Effect

In battle

Generation I

On the turn that Fly is selected, the user will fly up high, where the only attacks it cannot avoid are Bide, Swift, and Transform. On the following turn, Fly will inflict damage, PP will be deducted from it, and it will count as the last move used. Once Fly is selected, the user will be unable to switch out unless Fly is disrupted or fully executed.

If Fly is not fully executed, PP will not be deducted from it, and it will not count as the last move used. If the opponent uses Mirror Move during the turn that the user flies up high, Mirror Move will copy the move that the user executed immediately before using Fly (or fail if it cannot).

Full paralysis and self-inflicted damage due to confusion will disrupt Fly. Additionally, if the user is fully paralyzed during the semi-invulnerable turn of Fly, it will not be reset until the user switches out or fully executes Fly.

From Pokémon Stadium and on, Fly will allow the user to avoid Bide. Full paralysis will reset the semi-invulnerable turn of Fly. Mirror Move will copy Fly on either of the turns it takes to execute.

Generation II

Same as Generation I, but the user cannot avoid Gust, Thunder, Twister, or Whirlwind during the semi-invulnerable turn, and will receive double damage from Gust and Twister, unless the flying Pokémon would not receive damage from the moves.

The user may also be hit in the air if it was previously targeted by Lock-On or Mind Reader, and then struck the following turn. Swift, Bide and Transform no longer hit on their own during the semi-invulnerable turn of Fly.

Generation III

Same as Generation II, but the user is now unable to avoid Sky Uppercut whilst flying up high.

Generation IV

Same as Generation III, however, the base power has increased from 70 to 90. The user is now unable to avoid moves used by Pokémon with the Ability No Guard during the semi-invulnerable turn of Fly, and unable to avoid moves if it has No Guard.

Golurk pulls its legs and hands into its body and releases powerful orange or light blue flames from the sockets to propel it into the air like a rocket. It then flies forward and slams its body into the opponent.

Drifblim holds onto its Trainer with two of its arms, sucks in air to inflate itself, and then flies into the sky. Other passengers can also ride on top of Drifblim as well. It can also shoot into the air by releasing air from the bottom of its body like a rocket.

Fly is also the only one of the four mentioned that is an HM in all generations.

Many Pokémon which are noted for their ability to fly over long distances are unable to learn this move, such as Garchomp. Likewise, many Flying types cannot learn this apparently due to their size (Drifloon) while their evolutions can, while others can learn it despite their size (Such as Pidgey, who is 1'0").

Doduo and Dodrio are both able to learn Fly, despite being based on flightless birds.

Until Generation III, the only Pokémon able to learn Fly (with the exception of Mew, who can learn any TM and HM move, and Smeargle, due to Sketch) were Flying-type Pokémon.

Despite the abundance of Bug/Flying Pokémon, not a single Bug Pokémon (excluding Arceus holding the Insect Plate) could learn Fly until Generation V.

Even then, the only Bug Pokémon that can learn Fly are Volcarona and Genesect, neither of which are Flying-type.